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Now It Gets Very Real For Our Spartans As It’s Tournament Time

Now It Gets Very Real For Our Spartans As It’s Tournament Time
SCOBEY SENIOR BRECKEN MAHER lets a long one fly to the hoop during Saturday’s action against the visiting Circle Wildcats. It was the final official Montana High School Association contest on their home court for the seniors, which includes the guy pictured above seeking a 3-pointer plus Cooper Axtman, John Carney, Bram Handran and Evan Tande. That said, the team now turns its focus to tournament play, with hopes of making it a special run. — Leader Photo, mike
Now It Gets Very Real For Our Spartans As It’s Tournament Time
SCOBEY SENIOR BRECKEN MAHER lets a long one fly to the hoop during Saturday’s action against the visiting Circle Wildcats. It was the final official Montana High School Association contest on their home court for the seniors, which includes the guy pictured above seeking a 3-pointer plus Cooper Axtman, John Carney, Bram Handran and Evan Tande. That said, the team now turns its focus to tournament play, with hopes of making it a special run. — Leader Photo, mike
 

The 2025-26 regular season for the Scobey boys’ varsity basketball team is over and the great news is the local lads have yet to experience that nasty taste of defeat.

The Spartans (18-0, 1339-512, 74.3-28.4) take the number-one seed into this week’s District 3C Tournament in Glasgow. It means they won’t play until Thursday, February 19, which is a semifinal contest versus the winner of the Frazer-North Country first-round matchup. Should they score a victory Thursday afternoon they will have Friday off and then play in the championship game Saturday at 6 p.m. Scobey reached this point by winning twice last weekend in a pair of conference matchups.

First up was the North Country Mavericks, a game played in the Hinsdale High School gymnasium.

The Spartans took a very quick 2-0 when senior Brecken Maher tallied shortly after the opening tip-off was in the air. The Mavericks countered with a basket of their own for a 2-all tally then took the lead for good on Kolten Machart’s bucket. From there Scobey went on an offensive tear that looked like this: Reese Tande 6-2; Maher 1 free throw, 7-2; Machart two field goals 9-...

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